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Quote from: Maslate on September 30, 2018, 02:33:48 AM

The warriors loss today, I think this season is the only chance for their rivals to win because they are not doing it seriously.
The Champs are playing at their home court but they did not put much effort to beat the Wolves in the 2nd half, yet still an entertaining game.

Well, it is just the start of the new Season, and it is really exciting seeing them play again even if they lost to Wolves. I guess they are still not that heated up for the first game, just like they are still not serious. I am not a fan of GSW the reason I am saying this but I do want to see again the players play. Boston lost to Hornets, I Missed the handles of Kyrie though they still have a great game against Hornets.

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Quote from: Maslate on September 30, 2018, 02:33:48 AM

The warriors loss today, I think this season is the only chance for their rivals to win because they are not doing it seriously.
The Champs are playing at their home court but they did not put much effort to beat the Wolves in the 2nd half, yet still an entertaining game.

Its only pre season and their star players didnt play on the 4th quarter. Pre season is not the basis. Its the whole season.

I believe that this the preseason will be the time for Warriors bench to step up. Their star players will sit most of the time and watch the bench so that they know how the bench will play against them.

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Quote from: Maslate on September 30, 2018, 02:33:48 AM

The warriors loss today, I think this season is the only chance for their rivals to win because they are not doing it seriously.
The Champs are playing at their home court but they did not put much effort to beat the Wolves in the 2nd half, yet still an entertaining game.

It is just like a tune up game.
You know how they want their players safety first.
Injuries takes a long time to heal so they would not want that to happen with a game just like that.
They use their bench player more to see their potentials but yet the other team also does the same so it is like bringing out their skill to maybe get a spot for the 2nd team when the season starts.

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Quote from: Maslate on September 30, 2018, 02:33:48 AM

The warriors loss today, I think this season is the only chance for their rivals to win because they are not doing it seriously.
The Champs are playing at their home court but they did not put much effort to beat the Wolves in the 2nd half, yet still an entertaining game.

Nobody takes pre-season games seriously, unless you are 4th string guy fighting for a roster spot. Don't forget that GSW had the lead up until 4th q where it was bench v bench players.

Quote from: BlackMambaPH on September 29, 2018, 02:08:24 PM

For me again, the Phoenix Suns will be the Champion may be because of their number 1 Pick this year Deandre Ayton and new players from other teams like Ryan Anderson and Trevor Ariza (Houston Rockets) and the young core Devin Booker.

Tell me you are joking? Grin

Suns ain't even making POs this year. Sorry but these two words - Suns and a Championship sound crazy put together in the same sentence.

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The warriors loss today, I think this season is the only chance for their rivals to win because they are not doing it seriously.
The Champs are playing at their home court but they did not put much effort to beat the Wolves in the 2nd half, yet still an entertaining game.

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Quote from: yoseph on September 27, 2018, 07:32:46 PM

With Lebron James, I’d say that anything is possible, The Cavaliers team should never have made it to the Championship Finals but because of him alone, they did. Maybe he is the one to bring the Lakers to the finals again.

Lebron now have a pure point guard teammate Rajon Rondo unlike in Cavaliers last season so I think he will now have a not tiring game every game because he holds almost all position. Stephenson is a good role player too and known for his defense as we seen how he able to guard Lebron man to man last playoffs. Lakers doesn't have much of superstar players but a role players.

This veterans will surely give their young players a moral boost in every game. Playing with these veterans is like a dream to those young players.

That could be a key too.
Since Lebron plays like a shooting guard as always and Rondo as a pure passer who dont really care if he make points or not as long as he gets assists.
A great combination and add the defensive players whose role was just pure defense. It could work even if the chemistry is still blooming.

This young players will see how it will be done.

Quote from: BlackMambaPH on September 29, 2018, 02:08:24 PM

For me, preseason doesn't matter when it comes of statistic or team standing. It's clearly for part of improvement and practicing for the upcoming regular season. For now, let us predict who will be the 2018-19 NBA Champion this Season. For me again, the Phoenix Suns will be the Champion may be because of their number 1 Pick this year Deandre Ayton and new players from other teams like Ryan Anderson and Trevor Ariza (Houston Rockets) and the young core Devin Booker.

Thanks for the update Mamba. I am one of the fans of the Suns at Steve Nash times and now with Booker who had been a great offensive player.

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For me, preseason doesn't matter when it comes of statistic or team standing. It's clearly for part of improvement and practicing for the upcoming regular season. For now, let us predict who will be the 2018-19 NBA Champion this Season. For me again, the Phoenix Suns will be the Champion may be because of their number 1 Pick this year Deandre Ayton and new players from other teams like Ryan Anderson and Trevor Ariza (Houston Rockets) and the young core Devin Booker.

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Quote from: Ipwich on September 28, 2018, 10:55:02 PM

The preseason has officially started.
Good game between the Boston Celtics and the Charlotte Hornets, the Celtics were dominating the Hornets in the 1st half but the Hornets came strong int he 2nd half and win the game, another unpredictable game where underdog win through rally.

Yeah the score ended 104 - 97 in favor of Charlotte Hornets.

A good start for them, how quick time is. Last time we are talking about the past seasons and now we're on the new one.

Yes, its the start of a new season again. There have been much discussions about players moving around and now pre-season has started. Its gonna be interesting to see those players who have been traded this season and gauge them how well they mature and blend with their current teams. I'm really looking for Lebron wearing the gold/yellow and purple jersey. Grin

It's pre season dude. Don't expect teams to field in their top players and risk getting them injured evem before the regular season starts. This will be a venue for rookies and draftees to show their stuff.

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Lets not overreact on the preseason matches because we all know no one really plays 100% on preseason but you can see some stuff there.

For example you can see hayward seems like he recovered very well but he looks like he lost a step and gained some pounds, he was never the most athletic player out there but getting chubby would mean bad things for him so with the upcoming season he needs to start working on conditioning a lot, more than others.

You see jaylen brown having amazing defensive year this season is possibility and I think kyrie is as healthy as it gets, it is going to be a beastly year for celtics with lebron gone from east. I really really really hope a lakers vs celtics, lebron vs kyrie finals but I doubt we will ever get it.

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Quote from: Ipwich on September 28, 2018, 10:55:02 PM

The preseason has officially started.
Good game between the Boston Celtics and the Charlotte Hornets, the Celtics were dominating the Hornets in the 1st half but the Hornets came strong int he 2nd half and win the game, another unpredictable game where underdog win through rally.

Yeah the score ended 104 - 97 in favor of Charlotte Hornets.

A good start for them, how quick time is. Last time we are talking about the past seasons and now we're on the new one.

Yes, its the start of a new season again. There have been much discussions about players moving around and now pre-season has started. Its gonna be interesting to see those players who have been traded this season and gauge them how well they mature and blend with their current teams. I'm really looking for Lebron wearing the gold/yellow and purple jersey. Grin

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Quote from: Ipwich on September 28, 2018, 10:55:02 PM

The preseason has officially started.
Good game between the Boston Celtics and the Charlotte Hornets, the Celtics were dominating the Hornets in the 1st half but the Hornets came strong int he 2nd half and win the game, another unpredictable game where underdog win through rally.

Yeah the score ended 104 - 97 in favor of Charlotte Hornets.

A good start for them, how quick time is. Last time we are talking about the past seasons and now we're on the new one.

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Quote from: Questat on September 29, 2018, 03:50:02 AM

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Quote from: gabmen on September 27, 2018, 01:19:44 PM

Well even without lebron, the lakers have a very good chance of making the playoffs. I mean, their composotion of talented young guys, kuzma ingram and ball, who would likely all peak at the same time, is pretty potent. But of course throw in james and they're pretty much assured of a spot.

I disagree a bit with this. They didnt clinch the playoffs last season although they improved with the help of Ball. Now that LeBron and other veteran players are there, they have a chance to clinch into the playoffs.

These young players are better compare to the young players of Celtics for me. Its just the coach of Celtics is better so they got into the ECF last season. Lets see how this young players play in the upcoming season.

That's the real thing, they have a big chance now because they already have Lebron James.
Last season they showed a great improvement but they did not reach to the playoffs, remember that West has bigger competition compared to the east.

Yeah they showed a lot of improvement last season and with the addition of the veterans especially LeBron, they will improve more this season and in the next seasons. I believe these young players will be an all star player.

Western Conference has a better competition indeed because they have many good players compare to East. Lakers' young players will be challenged now if they can cope up with the players of West.

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Quote from: Ipwich on September 28, 2018, 10:55:02 PM

The preseason has officially started.
Good game between the Boston Celtics and the Charlotte Hornets, the Celtics were dominating the Hornets in the 1st half but the Hornets came strong int he 2nd half and win the game, another unpredictable game where underdog win through rally.

Hell yeah, finally some action. These second half turnarounds will be quite common if you ask me, as starters get to play no more than 15-20min per game.

Glad to see Hayward back on the court after that horrific injury. I was overly impressed with Miles Bridges in the last 5 min of the game, Clippers might regret trading him.

On a side note, how shocking is to see Tony Parker in Hornets jersey Shocked

damn

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Quote from: gabmen on September 27, 2018, 01:19:44 PM

Well even without lebron, the lakers have a very good chance of making the playoffs. I mean, their composotion of talented young guys, kuzma ingram and ball, who would likely all peak at the same time, is pretty potent. But of course throw in james and they're pretty much assured of a spot.

I disagree a bit with this. They didnt clinch the playoffs last season although they improved with the help of Ball. Now that LeBron and other veteran players are there, they have a chance to clinch into the playoffs.

These young players are better compare to the young players of Celtics for me. Its just the coach of Celtics is better so they got into the ECF last season. Lets see how this young players play in the upcoming season.

That's the real thing, they have a big chance now because they already have Lebron James.
Last season they showed a great improvement but they did not reach to the playoffs, remember that West has bigger competition compared to the east.

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Quote from: gabmen on September 27, 2018, 01:19:44 PM

Well even without lebron, the lakers have a very good chance of making the playoffs. I mean, their composotion of talented young guys, kuzma ingram and ball, who would likely all peak at the same time, is pretty potent. But of course throw in james and they're pretty much assured of a spot.

I disagree a bit with this. They didnt clinch the playoffs last season although they improved with the help of Ball. Now that LeBron and other veteran players are there, they have a chance to clinch into the playoffs.

These young players are better compare to the young players of Celtics for me. Its just the coach of Celtics is better so they got into the ECF last season. Lets see how this young players play in the upcoming season.

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The preseason has officially started.
Good game between the Boston Celtics and the Charlotte Hornets, the Celtics were dominating the Hornets in the 1st half but the Hornets came strong int he 2nd half and win the game, another unpredictable game where underdog win through rally.

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I like Pre-seasons actually because I am a gambler and as a gambler, I notice that I have more chances to win in pre-season than in regular season.
Why? because it's a no bearing game and like what you said, superstars will most likely will not play to avoid injuries, I love to bet on the underdog and the over as there is less defense.

That's actually a pretty good strategy betting the over in pre-season or even the first couple of weeks of regular season. I remember last year Memphis had a close to 150 point game Grin

, it was early, not sure it was indeed pre-season.

One thing to have in mind is, superstars not playing will lead to other players (not so good) taking majority of the shots thus we will likely see worse FG% and higher number of turnovers.

I would also like to touch on one of the new rules, after an offensive rebound team will not get a full 24 seconds, from this season it will be 14 seconds. This will lead to more scoring opportunities and likely higher scoring games.

I think 14 seconds after offensive rebound will cause a drop at FG%. I mean if you get an offensive rebound most of the time you go back up and finish it anyway, however if you can't and the defense is closes down than it means you may have to take the back out. When you do this there is already like 8-10 seconds left, very difficult to manage a half court set so it means you gonna trust the motion and pnr again.

There will be less good looks and that will drop the %fg for offensive rebounds. If there is a stat that checks fg% after offensive rebound there will be a steep decline this season compared to previous seasons.

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Quote from: cluit on September 28, 2018, 10:23:42 AM

Dray keeps saying he wants max and that is A LOT of money for dray for example so if he even slightly understands he won't get max do you really believe he will put in that effort? If motivated and healthy, warriors can destroy any team they face.

Well, Joe Lacob's net worth is close to $ 2 billion, if they decide to keep everyone intact with max and close to max contracts, that will mean a luxury tax of around 200-300mil per year. I'm not sure if the new fancy arena and the expensive courtside seats will be enough to pay all this. lol

Anyway, Draymond Green is probably the last guy in the entire league i will ever question for lack of effort, i don't think whether or not he gets paid will affect his effort and passion on the court. Don't forget he has two years left on his contract. Golden State has to figure out Klay and Durant first.

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Quote from: morvillz7z on September 27, 2018, 06:26:18 AM

I think Warriors will be very motivated to defend their championship and win 3 in a row. We all know how hard it is to three-peat, last team to do it was the Lakers in early 2000s', that is almost 20 years ago; Heat had a decent chance in 14' but the best player in the world had to deal with leg cramps. Cheesy

Another reason would be expiring contracts of Klay and Durant, this could be the last season they play together, so why not win again.

Don't forget that Warriors are moving to their new arena next season 2019-20, what better way to celebrate than winning 3rd in a row. If they stay healthy throughout the season and that Boogie thing work as expected, it might not translate as in 70+ regular season wins, but they could easily sweep through playoffs/finals.

They will sweep thru playoffs a lot better this season if they can just keep healthy, that is an important part. Winning three peat is a great achievement however keeping players motivated is another reason why warriors may have troubles.

We all know warriors is the best team in the league with miles difference, now that rockets lost ariza as well its gonna be harder for them and lakers is not ready yet. However the only people that can beat warriors is warriors itself, the contract discussions, the who is the fmvp discussions, the who is the leader and so forth.

Dray keeps saying he wants max and that is A LOT of money for dray for example so if he even slightly understands he won't get max do you really believe he will put in that effort? If motivated and healthy, warriors can destroy any team they face.

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Quote from: gabmen on September 27, 2018, 01:19:44 PM

Well even without lebron, the lakers have a very good chance of making the playoffs. I mean, their composotion of talented young guys, kuzma ingram and ball, who would likely all peak at the same time, is pretty potent. But of course throw in james and they're pretty much assured of a spot.

There are still a lot of other great players in the Lakers not including the players that you had said. Lebron James made it in to the finals the last season with only some great players. Don't get me wrong though, I know that players of NBA is all great. It is a sure spot for the LA Lakers and the exciting Conference Finals will start. Well, we all know GSW will be making their way to it and might be facing LA Lakers.

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